Senior Community Engagement Officer (Identified s25)

About the role

The University of Queensland's First Nations Cancer and Wellbeing Research team in the School of Public Health is recruiting a Senior Community Engagement Officer. This is a full-time, fixed-term position of up to 2 years based at the Herston Campus. The base salary is $97,269 to $104,349 plus 17% superannuation (HEW Level 6). The role is open to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates only, as a genuine occupational requirement.

Key responsibilities

• Build and maintain respectful relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities, community organisations, healthcare workers and other stakeholders.
• Maintain and support the Cancer Ambassador program and contribute to planning and delivering stakeholder and consumer events.
• Work with research teams and external organisations to strengthen strategic research partnerships and engagement.
• Develop communication and knowledge translation strategies, and produce written and visual content for websites, brochures, newsletters, social media and other publications.

Required profile

• Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander person, with evidence provided to confirm this.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, able to build positive relationships with people from diverse cultural, community and professional backgrounds.
• Experience working with, or a genuine commitment to engaging with, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations.
• Experience in stakeholder engagement, partnership development or community engagement, ideally in healthcare, research, community, government or a related environment.

Required skills

• Well-developed written communication skills, able to translate complex information into clear, accessible content for a range of audiences.
• Ability to coordinate activities, manage competing priorities and work collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders.

What we offer

• Up to 26 weeks of paid parental and primary care leave.
• 17% superannuation and 17.5% leave loading.
• Health and wellbeing programs, a heavily discounted Study for Staff program, on-campus childcare and affordable parking.
• Salary packaging and cultural leave.

Applications close 17 November 2026; interviews are tentatively scheduled for 25 November 2026. Applicants must upload a resume and cover letter through the university's online application system, and pre-employment checks may include right-to-work verification and criminal history checks.